HB115 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

David StandridgeRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Blount County, county commission, annual salary, prior salary and expense allowances superseded and repealed.

Summary

HB115 changes Blount County Commission pay, setting non-chair members' pay at 80% of the chair's salary and replacing older salary and expense allowances.

What This Bill Does

It sets non-chair Blount County Commissioners' annual compensation at 80% of the chair's salary, replacing previous salary and expense allowances. It maintains retirement and health insurance benefits. It allows future cost-of-living increases to be added to compensation starting in 2025, with increases paid as an expense allowance during the current term and converted to salary in the next term, while keeping total compensation capped at 80% of the chair's salary. It repeals existing laws that previously set compensation or expense allowances for commissioners.

Who It Affects

• Blount County Commission non-chair members — their annual compensation is now a fixed amount equal to 80% of the chair's salary, replacing prior pay structures.
• Blount County Commission chair — their salary serves as the benchmark for determining the 80% level for other members; changes to overall compensation depend on the chair's salary and applicable COLA adjustments.

Key Provisions

• Non-chair commissioners shall receive an annual salary equal to 80% of the chair's salary; this is the total compensation and replaces any prior salary or expense allowances.
• The chair's salary is used as the benchmark; the 80% cap applies to non-chair members' total compensation.
• Section 1(b): Members continue to participate in retirement and receive health insurance benefits as currently provided.
• Section 1(c): Beginning October 1, 2025, members receive the same cost-of-living or uniform increases as county employees; during the current term these increases are paid as expense allowances, and starting with the next term they are converted to salary, with total compensation not exceeding 80% of the chair's salary.
• Section 2 and Section 3: Repeal prior compensation provisions and expense allowances for county commissioners and supersede those acts with this act.
• Section 4: Effective dates — June 1, 2024 (general) and November 15, 2024 for Section 2.

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Subjects

Blount County